ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27131
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 December 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.50 |
| Owner/operator: | North Queensland Airways Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-UFA |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cairns, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | |
| Cairns, Queensland (YBCS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
VH-UFA was the first of several D.H.50As built by Qantas at Longreach under licence from de Havilland in 1926 (Hence constructors number "1") as G-AUFA. Named "Iris", it was operated as an aerial ambulance in conjunction with QATB (Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade). Re-registered VH-UFA 28.3.29.
The aircraft was sold to Austral Air Services of Toowoomba in 1935, although brokered by Qantas a year later to North Queensland Airways Pty Ltd of Cairns. It was written off in a crash landing at Cairns on 1 December 1937 without any fatalities.
Sources:
1. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UFA.html
2. Photo: https://flickr.com/photos/borough2007/7114314223/
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20081122030644/http://www.baaa-acro.com/Pays/A/Australie-1930-1939.htm
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=27
Media:
DH.50 VH-UFA in service with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in January 1931
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Apr-2014 19:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2022 22:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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